Lunch can get boring for little kids so why not put it on a stick. It’s amazing how they’ll eat something new just because it looks different. I realized the other night that other than birthday parties, I’ve never done a lunch on skewers.

I used 8″ wooden skewers and broke them at the end to fit the size needed. I made little square almond butter and agave sandwiches with grape tomatoes inbetween. The fruit skewers on either side are green and red seedless grapes and raspberries. At the top left are cashews and dried cranberries and the top right are snap peas and mini carrots packed in her Easy LunchBoxes container.

For a snack at school today, Miss G has a butterfly container with mini carrots and one of the new Easy LunchBoxes Mini Dippers with almond butter for dipping.

Little Miss A has a smaller version of the same. Her lunch includes blackberries too packed in a LunchBots Uno stainless container.

And another cashew and dried cranberries snack packed in the new Easy LunchBoxes Mini Dippers that are now available.

My husband had leftovers from last night’s dinner. He has Hoppin John in the main compartment of his Easy LunchBoxes container, sugar snap peas at the top left and mini carrots in the top right compartment. The green heart is Avocado Cucumber dressing.

I have always been a fan of Hoppin’ John. It’s a flavorful dish traditionally made with rice, black eyed peas and ground beef or bacon served often in the Southern United States on New Year’s Day. I found this recipe for the plant based, meatless and healthier version on a website I admire by Chef Cathy Fisher and her website Straight Up Food. She also has a Facebook page where you can follow her at Straight Up Food on Facebook. This recipe is not just meatless. It’s dairy free, salt and oil free too. It’s also packed full of collard greens which aid in cholesterol lowering, cancer prevention and are high in vitamin K, vitamin A, vitamin C, folate, manganese, and calcium. We’ll be making it again. Please visit Straight Up Food here for the recipe!